Stacks finished and Holz hausen beginning

[red oak]

Finished my latest stacks replacing what I burned last winter and adding several rows. This is almost all red oak, white oak, and shagbark hickory. Just under 8 cords in these stacks. They are stacked on pallets. This will be burned sometime after 2019.





Will cover these stacks this fall before the leaves drop. Also started a holz hausen with some oak and hickory that I had cut that was left over. I don't know how much wood I will need to finish it - this is just something I've always wanted to try. I am stacking this rather loosely and am curious to see how it dries.





Combined with all of my other stacks I am at about 28 cords c/s/s, good for 5-6 years hopefully here in Virginia. Have barely cut anything all summer, will probably start again in the fall when the weather gets more tolerable and the humidity goes down.

 

[Catfish Hunter]

That is awesome, great stash!

 

[Wawa Coffee]

Consider me jelly.

 

[iron]

that first picture is really 8 cords?

 

[red oak]

that first picture is really 8 cords?

Took some precise measurements today (as precise as I get for firewood) and it came out to a little under 8. Tough to measure because it's on a hill, so the stacks in back are higher than the stacks in front. I got average height at 3.5 feet. Stacks are about 17 feet in width and depth. I left a little space between the pallets that I didn't account for the first time so I'm thinking it's closer to 7.5.

 

[firefighterjake]

Consider me jelly.

Strawberry Jam it is then . . .

 

[cptoneleg]

that first picture is really 8 cords?

Yep the man knows his wood been reading his post for years. If he says 8 its not far off.